Media Accomplishments

Thelma D. Jones’ survival story and advocacy work have been the focus of discussion and profiled by various media outlets including, but not limited to, the following:

Washington Nationals Baseball

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NzWBu5QWk2k1vRvMbyuT_lgkbKpGpAAL/view?usp=sharing

https://www.mlb.com/mlb-community/2018-honorary-bat-girls

WUSA-9 – October 2017

http://www.wusa9.com/entertainment/television/programs/great-day-washington/american-cancer-society-annual-walk-happens-n-dc-this-month-/481046916

http://www.wusa9.com/news/nation-world/what-i-wish-i-knew-breast-cancer-warriors-share-survival-wisdom-1/484790953

The Southwester

www.thesouthwester.com/august2018.pdf June Meeting of the Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund Support Group, August 2018, p.8

http://thesouthwester.com/2018/02/01/thelma-d-jones-breast-cancer-fund-support-group-holiday-meeting/

http://thesouthwester.com/2017/09/05/fifth-anniversary-of-the-thelma-d-jones-breast-cancer-fund/

http://thesouthwester.com/2017/10/07/westminster-to-screen-the-good-breast-in-honor-of-breast-cancer-awareness-month/

http://thesouthwester.com/2017/10/25/teaming-up-for-american-cancer-society-walk/

http://thesouthwester.com/2017/04/14/westminster-hosts-breast-cancer-benefit-concert/

http://thesouthwester.com/2016/04/12/thelma-d-jones-breast-cancer-fund-benefit-concert/

http://thesouthwester.com/2016/10/05/thelma-d-jones-receives-top-volunteer-award-for-excellence-in-cancer-advocacy/

http://thesouthwester.com/2016/05/23/sw-breast-cancer-support-group-discusses-integrative-oncology-and-breast-health-education/

http://thesouthwester.com/2016/04/12/thelma-d-jones-breast-cancer-fund-benefit-concert/

http://thesouthwester.com/2015/07/10/ann-fonfa-to-speak-on-breast-cancer-treatments/

http://thesouthwester.com/2015/05/01/5-years-of-acs-breast-cancer-support-in-sw/

http://thesouthwester.com/2014/10/11/breast-cancer-awareness-month-meet-a-survivor/

http://thesouthwester.com/2014/03/14/sw-breast-cancer-support-group-to-hold-womens-history-month-celebration/

http://thesouthwester.com/2013/10/23/november-acs-breast-cancer-support-group-meeting-announcement/

http://thesouthwester.com/2012/10/04/southwest-residents-to-mark-breast-cancer-awareness-month/

http://thesouthwester.com/2011/10/13/southwest-resident-thelma-jones-brings-breast-cancer-awareness-support-to-neighborhood/

The Southwester, “Undeterred by Late Diagnosis, Cancer Survivor Reaches Out to Others”, November 2009, p. 5

American Cancer Society Cancer Society and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network

Afro-American – May 18, 2016 American Cancer Society Honors Local Cancer Survivor, Thelma Jones http://bit.ly/1suY4lg

Washington Business Journal, May 16, 2016 Thelma Jones – Volunteer Lead Ambassador for D.C. at American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network

http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/potmsearch/detail/submission/5858362/Thelma_Jones?l=&time=&ind=&type=&ro=15

FaceBook Black History Recognition, February 17, 2015 https://www.facebook.com/kristie.mccomb/posts/10153060730489437 “2015

Susan G. Komen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBwbGYRboN4 – The Impact of Your Dollars – Susan G. Komen Global Race – March 2012

DC Cancer Consortium

Washington Redskins hold 6th annual All-Star Survivors celebration Featured on WJLA-TV Tuesday, October 15, 2013

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/10/redskins-hold-6th-annual-all-star-survivors-celebration-95430.html

Washington Redskins All-Star Survivors Celebration – October 2014 https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.516219385135124.1073741840.115831738507226&type=3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi7zQ7bRLU0 Published on Oct 23, 2012

The Washington Mystics

http://www.wnba.com/mystics/news/bha_jones_072611.html

The Examiner

The 3-Minute Interview:  Thelma D. Jones November 15, 2012

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-33903531.html

The Standard Laconic (Hometown Newspaper)

“Breast Cancer Series: “Greene Native is National Award-Winning Breast Cancer Advocate, October 12, 2016

FaceBook Black History Recognition, February 17, 2015 https://www.facebook.com/kristie.mccomb/posts/10153060730489437 “2015

Interview – Buzzard Point Oral History Project by Jesse W. Card

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BavQq-CenJy1cTaCpSknqlUdlIfNAYKM September 2017

President Obama’s press conference on the benefits of the Affordable Care Act to women and children

https://youtu.be/txrpJ6k3OT0 May 2013

Breast Cancer Awareness Month Celebration with Dr. Jill Biden,  Health and Human Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Actor & Breast Cancer Advocate Jennifer Aniston,

https://youtu.be/8HiMKgaT_3I October 2012